Nancey Flowers, is the author of novels A Fool’s Paradise, #1 Essence Bestseller Shattered Vessels, No Strings Attached and publisher, editor and contributor of Twilight Moods, which was named Best Self-Published Novel in 2002 by Black Issues Book Review and Morning, Noon & Night: Can’t Get Enough. She is also the contributor to the acclaimed anthology Proverbs For The People.
Nancey was the Program Director for the 2002 Harlem Book Fair. She is a contributor to Black Issues Book Review, former managing editor of QBR The Black Book Review and is presently Editor-At-Large for Game Sports Magazine. Nancey is a member of Black Americans in Publishing, NAMIC, WICT and Delta Sigma.
Courtney Parker, is a writer specializing in self-help, inspiration, and creative fiction and nonfiction. As a celebrity ghostwriter, novelist, and children’s book author, Courtney has written or collaborated with such bestselling authors as Terrell Owens, Nikki Turner, Victoria Christopher Murray, Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene, and Nancey Flowers, just to name a few. Currently, she works on the Emmy Award-winning television show Law & Order.
One man. Two Women. Valentine Daye is Rich’s ride or die chick from the projects while Vanessa Knight is his uptown girl, who also happens to be his co-worker at the elite Jorge Jacobs clothier. These two women will stop at nothing to make Rich their man permanently.
Richard is on the fast track at Jorge Jacob’s, the leading fashion design clothier in the country and Vanessa plans to be by his side as he makes his ascent up the corporate ladder. However, Valentine helped build Rich’s career and was there when he was merely a drug dealer from the ‘hood. Though Valentine works in the corporate world, she maintains her street mentality and will not hesitate to fight for hers.
Valentine Daye is a product of the streets. Raised in Lafayette Garden projects, she lost her father at the tender age of ten and her mother at the age of thirteen. She was pawned off to live with her aunt Zenobia who had enough problems and didn’t want another mouth to feed. By fifteen, the feisty and sexy young Valentine was living the life with drug lord, Colombo. Things were going well until Colombo and his crew are murdered, and Valentine is found alone and beaten by Richard Washington in the apartment from which Colombo operated.
When Daye meets Knight the plot thickens and someone walks away with a black eye and her dignity while the other winds up in jail. Richard is put to the test and must make a decision. Does he gamble and start a new life with the beautiful and conniving Vanessa who is incapable of love or does he stay with his around the way girl, Valentine who has been with him through thick and thin?
He Was My Man First is the first narrative to intertwine contemporary fiction with street lit. Fast paced and packed with drama, this novel will have a cross-over appeal. The characters jump off the page and readers will find themselves rooting for Valentine and Richard to stay together, but not all stories are meant to have a happy ending.
From your girl Nik-O-Licious, “He Was My Man First” is a must read for those who enjoy an entertaining story of love, betrayal, and the pursuit of HAPPINESS with a man…this book will keep you turning the pages until you are ALL done!
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